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Many moons ago, I watched They Are My Noble Masters, only vaguely aware of what medium it came from. The show was enjoyable, taking its ridiculousness in earnest, and also having robots. That last point is more of a dealbreaker than one might think.

Though not part of a series like Steins;Gate was to Chaos;Head, this is still part of KimiAru's universe, if only by the presence of Ageha. Of course, she's voiced by her original self instead of Rie Tanaka, and looks a little different. But it's still her.

The thing I enjoy about VNs is that they are, by nature, an anthology. Several fully complete stories available for several hours of your time. Novels. Obviously, anime can't do that, so I don't know what format they're going to go for here. But it's off to a good start. All the characters were introduced and showed off themselves (personality-wise and battle-wise), and I got to hear several familiar voices in the process.

The OP-as-ED (featuring some really good singers) sounds good, but I'm going to need some animation to go with it before I make a final call. If this is the tone the show will set for itself from here on out, this should be an enjoyable little deal.

Really odd place to start, hope this is following the trend of series that start in a totally random place then start at the beginning in ep. 2. Otherwise, I'll have to chalk this up as another of the director's long list of failures

.....? What was all of that about?
I never found the previous anime that interesting either, but I know it didn't seem this boring, for a first episode. Just some cheap high-tension random battle with characters that only people who have played the game could care about or know about.
And on top of that, Horizon already did the random chaotic battle, so this anime didn't stand out with this development for a first episode either.

Though it is just the beginning, so I will look another episode or two. There are too many anime today, so I'm looking forward to finding which one to drop.

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Yeah, kind of weird to start at the end of the story. Maybe it will flashback next episode? But then again, I wouldn't mind if the entire show was just parts of the game thrown together with a made up story.